Seasonal Kinetic Energy Variability of Near-Inertial Motions

• Published in: Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Main Authors: Silverthorne, Katherine Eliza, Toole, John M.
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Meteorological Society 2008
• Subjects: Munk; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52317

Seasonal variability of near-inertial horizontal kinetic energy is examined using observations from a series of McLane Moored Profiler moorings located at 39°N, 69°W in the western North Atlantic Ocean in combination with a one-dimensional, depth-integrated kinetic energy model. The time-mean kineti...